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macptopbm - convert a MacPaint file into a portable bitmap
macptopbm
[-extraskip N] [macpfile]
Reads a MacPaint file as input. Produces
a portable bitmap as output.
- -extraskip
- This flag is to get around
a problem with some methods of transferring files from the Mac world to
the Unix world. Most of these methods leave the Mac files alone, but a few
of them add the "finderinfo" data onto the front of the Unix file. This
means an extra 128 bytes to skip over when reading the file. The symptom
to watch for is that the resulting PBM file looks shifted to one side. If
you get this, try -extraskip 128, and if that still doesn't look right try
another value.
All flags can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix.
picttoppm(1)
, pbmtomacp(1)
, pbm(5)
Copyright (C) 1988 by
Jef Poskanzer. The MacPaint-reading code is copyright (c) 1987 by Patrick
J. Naughton (naughton@wind.sun.com).
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